The Plateau United Sentinel
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Window shuts: 5 in, 3 out at Plateau United
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 5 arrived, 3 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Market7 Feb 2028
Only the photograph left for Pedel Madaki
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Pedel Madaki will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Plateau United the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market7 Feb 2028
So close: Daniel Aboh’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Kun Khalifat moved on, Daniel Aboh reports back to Plateau United, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Gideon Monday in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Plateau United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market7 Feb 2028
Niger Tornadoes expected to open talks for Gimba Ajiji
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Plateau United will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Transfer targets7 Feb 2028
Ajax Cape Town tell Plateau United: Mandla Tau is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match5 Feb 2028
Warri Wolves take the points off Plateau United
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
Albert Hilary beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Plateau United count the cost of losing Kelechi Eze
39 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Squad Michael Chukwudi out for 29 days
- The dugout No hiding place for Jonathan Okechukwu
- Squad John Amah slips down the pecking order